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Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

LOUIS XV STYLE

The style of 18th-century French furniture was guided by the court. When Louis XV, who reigned from 1715–74, focused royal life on the smaller salons of Versailles rather than its grand chambers, it transformed the aesthetics away from the imposing and angular furniture that characterized the style of Louis XIV. A broader focus on comfort and more delicate forms define antique Louis XV furniture, with nature-inspired carvings, wood inlays, curved cabriole legs, asymmetrical shapes and rounded oval seat backs. The furnishings changed throughout the king’s life, as he ascended to the throne as a child and then grew to establish his own tastes.

Pieces like the bergère, an upholstered armchair with a wide cushion that fit the flowing dresses in fashion at the time, reflected this more informal court. Introduced at the start of Louis XV’s reign, bergère chairs in this style were deeper and broader than other chairs of the period.

Louis XV tapestries and carpets tended to be floral and colorful, and design elements were borrowed from Asia. Dutch-born cabinetmaker Bernard van Risenburgh brought lacquer techniques influenced by Japan and China into his luxuriously made furniture. Along with its fine details, the furniture of the era also featured new innovations including mechanical devices. Jean François Oeben, a royal cabinetmaker, created such intricate pieces as a mechanical table for Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV’s mistress. It involved a sliding top and a writing surface that extended from its marquetry panels.

During the later years of Louis XV’s reign, there was a shift from the ostentatious rocaille style, part of the exuberantly decorative Rococo movement in Europe for which designers such as Nicolas Pineau and Juste-Aurèle Meissonier are known. The style under Louis XVI would return to boxier forms, but with a neoclassical touch inspired by the ancient world.

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Style: Louis XV
French Sellette or Plant Holder Waltnut, Three Legs & One Drawer, circa 1920
Located in Labrit, Landes
This plant holder or sellette was made in France circa 1920. A little tray is encrusted between the curved feet typical of the Louis 15 style. The drawer butt...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

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Cherry

Louis XV Ormolu Mounted Jardiniere, 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A Louis XVI style ormolu mounted pedestal with a door, gilded bronze hardware. Decorated with a Vernis Martin gallant scene painted panel on all four sides. It is raised on cabriole...
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20th Century French Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

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Brass, Bronze

Antique Louis XV Style Pedestal 19th Century Bombe
Located in Buxton, GB
This fabulous wooden plinth from the 19th century is a perfect addition to any antique collector's collection. The stunning plinth is of the Louis XV Bombe style and made from wood ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

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Wood

Pair of Large Ormolu Mounted Pedestals After François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of ormolu mounted marquetry pedestals. After a model by Francois Linke. Each with a marble top above bombé sides inlaid with loose floral bouquets, the angles mounted with lion-pelts suspending laurel swags and drapery, on short foliate-clasped cabriole legs with paw-cast sabots. François Linke: ‘Modèle Tête De Lion’ Laurel-festooned in celebration of 'abundance through labor' and hung with lion-pelts recalling Hercules's labors , there is perhaps no greater admired nor more frequently imitated master work of French furniture than Jean-François Oeben's and Jean-Henri Riesener's celebrated Bureau du Roi...
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20th Century European Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

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Ormolu

20th Century Marble Pillar/Column in Antique Louis XV Style Bronzed
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century marble pillar/column in Louis XV style green marble with bronze bases and capitals. Rectangular, profiled cover plate. Partially turned column shaft extremely decorative...
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20th Century French Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

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Marble

Louis XV Style Bombé Form Marquetry Inlaid Pedestal by François Linke of Paris
Located in London, GB
A Marquetry-Inlaid Pedestal in the Louis XV Style Index no. 184 Of elegant bombé form with bookmatched kingwood crossbanding and floral marquetry to all sides on a bois satiné gr...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

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Breccia Marble, Ormolu

Console of Louis XV Style in Gilded Wood, France, 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Magnificent console of Louis XV style from the Napoleon III period. Composed of many golden volutes, this console reminds us of the finesse and delicacy of this style. The feet are...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

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Wood

Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Pedestals with breche d'alep marble
Located in New York, NY
A Fine Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Pedestals with breche d'alep marble inset top attributed to Theodore Millet, the pedestals of bombe form with female bust...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

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Marble, Bronze

French 19th Century Louis XV Style White Carrara Marble Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent French 19th century Louis XV st. white Carrara marble mantel. This exquisitely carved mantel is raised by volute jambs with rich carvings of large acanthus leaves and s...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

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Carrara Marble

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Mahogany, Kingwood, Ormolu, and Marble Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most decorative French 19th century Louis XV st. mahogany, kingwood, ormolu, and Rouge Royale marble pedestal column. The pedestal is raised by elegant scrolled feet with impressiv...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French Burl Wood Bombay Gilt Bronze Louis XV Pedestal Stands
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of french burl wood Bombay gilt bronze Louis XV pedestal stands.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of French Art Nouveau Sellettes or Tall Pedestals
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of French Art Nouveau Louis XV style sellettes or tall pedestals mounted on very high feet. Made of walnut, with curved legs ending in carved deer hoofs. A dramatic matched pa...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

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Walnut

Satinwood & Bronze Louis 15th Style Pedestal Stand or Column with Marble Top
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning 20th century French column or display stand. If you are looking for an impressive and highly stylish pedestal to grace your entrance or a certain part of your living room then this hand-crafted, French stand could be perfect for you. The elegant shape and the warm colors of the inlaid patterns in satinwood, burl walnut and walnut are an absolute joy to look at. The bronze style elements on all corners and the inlaid marble top are like the icing on the cake of this remarkable and wonderfully decorative stand. Apart from some minor imperfections this grand stand is in excellent condition and it will be a certain eye-catcher, wherever you may decide to place and use it. Some columns in this rich Louis 15th...
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20th Century French Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of French 19th-20th Century Giltwood Carved Standing Pedestal Planters
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of French 19th-20th century Louis XV style giltwood carved figural three-legged standing pedestal planters Jardinières, each with carved figur...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

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Giltwood

Louis XV Style Pedestal by Zwiener Jansen Successeur, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted pedestal, by Zwiener Jansen Successeur. French, circa 1900. Stamped to the reverse of the bronze mounts 'ZJ' for Zwiener Jansen. Th...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

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Bronze

Pair Of Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Pedestals, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very fine pair Of Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry inlaid pedestals, firmly attributed to Maison Millet. French, circa 1880....
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

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Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Gilt Painted Wooden Pedestals
Located in London, GB
Constructed in walnut, dressed with gold gilt bronze mounts, polychrome gold paintwork and Marseilles Rose marble; of bombe form, rising from gilt bronze sabot shod swept legs, the h...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

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Ormolu

6 French Louis XV Style Gold and White Panels
Located in New York, NY
6 French Louis XV style (19th Century) white and gold painted pilaster panels. Size variance, 1 panel: 25" wide, 5 panels: 15" wide. PRICED AS A SET
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

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Giltwood, Wood

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19th Century Marquetry Inlaid Pedestal, in the Style of 'Linke'
Located in Brighton, Sussex
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Located in New York, NY
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20th Century Marble Pillar/Column in Louis XV Style
Located in Berlin, DE
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20th Century Unique Pillar or Pedestal or Column, Veneer, England, Victorian
Located in Berlin, DE
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Italian Neoclassical Alabaster Pedestal Plant Stand or Drinks Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
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Early 20th Century Large Black Wrought Iron Plant Stand or Candle Holder
Located in Lambertville, NJ
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Antique French Louis XV Style Oval Brass & Onyx Sculpture Display Stand c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Pair of Louis XV Style Marble-Top Bombe Reproduction Pedestal Plant Stands
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Secretaire Pedestal by Maison Millet, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An unusual Louis XV style gilt-bronze and marquetry inlaid secretaire pedestal by Maison Millet. French, circa 1880. Stamped to the reverse of the bronze mounts 'MB' for Maison Millet. This elegant and unusual pedestal is of of bombé shape with fine gilt-bronze foliate mounts. The pedestal has a shaped Brèche d'Alep marble top above a front fitted with a series of drawers, each finely inlaid with floral marquetry. The dummy front to the second drawer opening to reveal a leather writing surface and a fitted interior. It is unusual to find a small secretaire of pedestal form and rare to find an example of such wonderful quality and by an important maker. Maison Millet was established by Blaise...
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Pair of Painted Rose Swag Columns Plant Stand Pedestals
Located in Brea, CA
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Pair of Louis XV XVI French Style Green Marble Pedestal Stands, Bronze Ormolu
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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19th Century France Louis XV Pair of Columns Marquetry Inlaid Pedestals, 1880s
Located in Roma, RM
Fantastic Pair of mahogany and rosewood columns, inlaid in fruitwood and with gilt bronze applications, top in red marble, from France, Napoleon III period, in Louis XV style, circa...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

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Pair of Louis XV Style Malachite and Gilt Bronze Pedestals
Located in London, GB
This brilliant pair of pedestals, finished in cool green malachite and with beautiful ormolu mounts, are statement pieces in the truest sense. Made for bold, glamorous interiors, the...
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Antique French Louis XV Style Bronze and Onyx Plant Stand, circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique French Louis XV style plant stand features bronze base with pierced foliate apron supporting an onyx top, raised on cabriole legs with central finial and terminating in scrol...
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Antique French Louis XV Style Carved Wood & Gesso Sculpture Pedestal, circa 1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Louis Xv pedestals and columns for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Louis XV pedestals and columns for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Early 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage pedestals and columns created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include building and garden elements, tables, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV pedestals and columns made in a specific country, there are Europe, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original pedestals and columns, popular names associated with this style include François Linke, and Zwiener Jansen Successeur. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for pedestals and columns differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $723 and tops out at $95,000 while the average work can sell for $13,000.

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